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Once again, owner of PB’s Charley’s Crab is adding to its restaurant-chain empire

Restaurant-chain kingpin Landry’s Inc., the Houston, TX-based hospitality corporation that owns Charley’s Crab in Palm Beach, is once again expanding its empire.

Landry’s, which owns owns and operates numerous different casual and upscale restaurant chains ranging from Landry’s Seafood House to McCormick & Schmick’s, The Chart House, Saltgrass Steakhouse, Vic & Anthony’s and Morton’s Steakhouse (to name a few) now is in the process of acquiring chains currently held by the Florida-based company that owns Ruth’s Chris Steak House businesses.

Ruth’s Hospitality Group Inc., headquartered in Winter Park, has announced it plans to sell its 21 Mitchell’s and Cameron’s restaurants for $10 million to Landry’s.

The deal, set to close early next year, means Ruth’s (Nasdaq: RUTH) will sell all of the assets related to Mitchell’s Fish Market restaurants and Mitchell’s/Cameron’s Steakhouse businesses to Landry’s.

Landry’s has owned Charley’s Crab in Palm Beach since 2002, when Landry’s purchased it and 15 other restaurants—including long-closed Chuck & Harold’s in Palm Beach—that were then part of the Muer Seafood Restaurants portfolio.